A new Borrelia species isolated from patients with relapsing fever in Spain

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9021, 1996, Pages 162-165

  Anda, Pedro ^a   Sánchez Yebra, Waldo ^b   Del Mar Vitutia, Maria ^a   Pastrana, Esperanza Pérez ^a   Rodríguez, Isabel ^a   Miller, Nancy S ^c   Backenson, P Bryon ^c   Benach, Jorge L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Hospital General Basico   (Spain)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0030594829     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02332-X     Document Type: Article

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